Director: Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus
Cast: Seymour Hersh
Cover-Up is a 2025 American documentary directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, following legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh across decades of groundbreaking reporting that forced some of the United States government's darkest secrets into public view.
What is Cover-Up about?
The film traces the arc of Seymour Hersh's extraordinary career, from the stories that shook American institutions to the methods and moral conviction that drove him. Working at the margins where official narratives fray, Hersh pursued sources, documents, and whistleblowers to reveal abuses of power that would otherwise remain buried. The documentary builds its case through archival footage, personal accounts, and interviews that illuminate not just what Hersh uncovered but how he worked — the relentless verification, the cost of going up against powerful interests, and the enduring significance of the constitutional safeguards those interests repeatedly bypassed. The result is a portrait of accountability journalism in its most uncompromising form.
Cast & crew
Laura Poitras, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Citizenfour, co-directs alongside veteran documentary producer Mark Obenhaus. Seymour Hersh appears throughout as the film's central subject — the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose career spans the My Lai massacre revelations, Abu Ghraib, and other watershed moments in American political reporting. No dramatized cast appears; the work stands entirely on its documentary subjects.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking audiences outside Iran, Cover-Up carries particular weight. Iranians and the broader diaspora have lived through or fled from systems where journalists are imprisoned for exactly the kind of work Hersh made his name on. A documentary about a journalist who held the most powerful government in the world to account — and who kept reporting regardless of official pushback — resonates deeply with communities that understand what happens when that accountability is absent. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible whether you prefer to listen or read along in Farsi.
Where & how to watch
Cover-Up is available on K-Time now. The film comes with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so you can watch your way. Stream on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and cancel anytime.